March 23 scoreboard
National Basketball Association
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EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
Philadelphia 26 21 .553 —
Boston 25 21 .543 ½
New York 23 24 .489 3
Toronto 15 32 .319 11
New Jersey 15 33 .313 11½
Southeast Division
Miami 34 11 .756 —
Orlando 30 18 .625 5½
Atlanta 27 20 .574 8
Washington 11 35 .239 23½
Charlotte 7 37 .159 26½
Central Division
Chicago 39 10 .796 —
Indiana 27 18 .600 10
Milwaukee 21 25 .457 16½
Cleveland 17 27 .386 19½
Detroit 16 30 .348 21½
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
San Antonio 30 14 .682 —
Dallas 27 21 .563 5
Memphis 25 20 .556 5½
Houston 26 22 .542 6
New Orleans 12 35 .255 19½
Northwest Division
Oklahoma City 35 12 .745 —
Denver 26 21 .553 9
Utah 25 22 .532 10
Minnesota 23 25 .479 12½
Portland 22 25 .468 13
Pacific Division
L.A. Lakers 29 18 .617 —
L.A. Clippers 26 21 .553 3
Phoenix 23 24 .489 6
Golden State 19 26 .422 9
Sacramento 17 30 .362 12
Thursday’s results
Indiana 85, Washington 83
Houston 109, Golden State 83
New Orleans 97, L.A. Clippers 90
Boston 100, Milwaukee 91
Utah 103, Sacramento 102
Portland 97, Memphis 93
Today’s games
Milwaukee at Charlotte, 1 p.m.
Phoenix at Indiana, 1 p.m.
New York at Toronto, 1 p.m.
Cleveland at Orlando, 1 p.m.
New Jersey at Atlanta, 1:30 p.m.
Miami at Detroit, 1:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Oklahoma City, 2 p.m.
Boston at Philadelphia, 2 p.m.
Dallas at San Antonio, 2:30 p.m.
Portland at L.A. Lakers, 4:30 p.m.
Denver at Utah, 4:30 p.m.
Pro baseball
Major League spring training
Thursday’s results
Tampa Bay 8, Pittsburgh 6
Toronto 2, Philadelphia 0
St. Louis 9, Washington 0
Atlanta 5, Miami 5, tie, 10 innings
Baltimore 11, Minnesota 1
N.Y. Mets 8, Houston 2
Chicago White Sox 16, Kansas City (ss) 4
San Diego 11, Colorado 6
L.A. Angels 7, Kansas City (ss) 4
Chicago Cubs 11, Texas (ss) 4
Cleveland 9, San Diego 4
Boston 4, N.Y. Yankees 4, tie
Cincinnati 6, Texas (ss) 2
Colorado 7, San Francisco 0
Pro hockey National Hockey League
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
x-N.Y. Rangers 73 46 20 7 99 201 161
x-Pittsburgh 73 46 21 6 98 244 185
Philadelphia 74 43 23 8 94 234 207
New Jersey 74 42 27 5 89 201 191
N.Y. Islanders 73 30 32 11 71 174 218
Northeast Division
Boston 73 42 28 3 87 237 180
Ottawa 74 37 27 10 84 221 214
Buffalo 74 35 29 10 80 190 207
Toronto 74 32 34 8 72 210 232
Montreal 74 28 33 13 69 191 206
Southeast Division
Florida 73 36 24 13 85 183 201
Washington 74 37 30 7 81 199 210
Winnipeg 73 34 31 8 76 196 211
Carolina 74 30 29 15 75 197 218
Tampa Bay 73 33 33 7 73 205 249
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
x-St. Louis 75 46 20 9 101 192 147
Detroit 74 44 25 5 93 225 181
Nashville 74 42 24 8 92 210 197
Chicago 75 42 25 8 92 229 214
Columbus 73 23 43 7 53 167 236
Northwest Division
Vancouver 74 44 21 9 97 226 185
Colorado 76 40 31 5 85 198 199
Calgary 75 34 26 15 83 185 204
Minnesota 73 31 32 10 72 158 201
Edmonton 74 29 36 9 67 198 219
Pacific Division
Los Angeles 74 37 25 12 86 173 160
Phoenix 75 37 26 12 86 197 194
Dallas 74 40 29 5 85 194 197
San Jose 74 37 27 10 84 201 192
Anaheim 75 32 32 11 75 189 209
x-clinched playoff spot
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Thursday’s results
Philadelphia 2, Washington 1, SO
Tampa Bay 3, Edmonton 2, SO
Minnesota 3, Calgary 2, SO
Los Angeles 1, St. Louis 0, SO
Pittsburgh 5, Nashville 1
Vancouver 2, Dallas 1
Phoenix 3, Colorado 2
San Jose 2, Boston 1
Today’s games
Toronto at New Jersey, 1 p.m.
Buffalo at N.Y. Rangers, 1 p.m.
Winnipeg at Washington, 1 p.m.
Carolina at Columbus, 1 p.m.
Ottawa at Montreal, 1:30 p.m.
Edmonton at Florida, 1:30 p.m.
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
CLEVELAND INDIANS—Optioned RHP Zach McAllister and INF Cord Phelps to Columbus (IL). Reassigned RHP Chen-Chang Lee and OF Trevor Crowe to their minor league camp.
MINNESOTA TWINS—Reassigned RHP Sam Deduno, LHP Phil Dumatrait, C Danny Lehmann, INF Ray Chang and OF Matt Carson to their minor league camp.
SEATTLE MARINERS—Sent LHP Cesar Jimenez outright to Tacoma (PCL).
National League
ATLANTA BRAVES—Announced the retirement of 3B Chipper Jones, after the season.
CHICAGO CUBS—Assigned RHP Andy Sonnanstine outright to Iowa (PCL).
LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Designated RHP Ramon Troncoso for assignment. Reinstated RHP Ronald Belisario from the restricted list.
NEW YORK METS—Reassigned LHP Chuck James to their minor league camp.
SAN DIEGO PADRES—Announced Jeff Moorad has stepped down as the CEO and will remain as vice chairman of the club and president and COO Tom Garfinkel will assume the CEO duties on an interim basis.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS—Signed C Mickell Gladness to a 10-day contract.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
CAROLINA PANTHERS—Signed G Mike Pollak to a one-year contract. Announced DB R.J. Stanford signed his one-year exclusive rights contract.
CHICAGO BEARS—Agreed to terms with RB Michael Bush on a four-year contract.
CINCINNATI BENGALS—Signed RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis to a three-year contract.
DENVER BRONCOS—Signed WR Andre Caldwell.
NEW YORK GIANTS—Re-signed QB David Carr.
OAKLAND RAIDERS—Agreed to terms with OL Khalif Barnes on a one-year contract.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Signed WR Mario Manningham to a two-year contract and WR Ted Ginn Jr. to a one-year contract.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS—Signed OT Jamon Meredith to a two-year contract. Released DE Tim Crowder and DE Nick Reed.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
DETROIT RED WINGS—Assigned D Doug Janik to Grand Rapids.
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS—Called up F Nazem Kadri and F Ryan Hamilton from Toronto (AHL).
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
COLORADO RAPIDS—Released MF Steven Emory.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC—Bought out the contract of F O’Brian White.
COLLEGE
CHARLOTTE—Announced junior G Jamar Briscoe has left the men’s basketball program.
WESTERN KENTUCKY—Named Michelle Clark-Heard women’s basketball coach.
College basketball
MEN
NIT
Semifinals
At New York
Tuesday, March 27
UMass (24-10) vs. Stanford (24-11), 1 p.m.
Wash. (24-10) vs. Minn. (22-14), 3 p.m.
CollegeInsider.com tournament
Semifinals
Saturday
Mercer (25-11) at Fairfield (22-14), 1 p.m.
Sunday
Oakland (20-15) at Utah State (20-15), noon
College Basketball Invitational
Championship Series
(Best-of-3)
Monday
Pittsburgh (20-16) at Washington State (18-16), 4 p.m.
Division II tournament
At Highland Heights, Ky.
Semifinals
Thursday
Western Washington 71, Stonehill 66
Montevallo 79, Bellarmine 72
WOMEN
NCAA tournament
DES MOINES REGIONAL
Regional Semifinals
At Des Moines, Iowa
Saturday
Kansas (21-12) vs. Tennessee (26-8), 6:04 a.m.
Baylor (36-0) vs. Georgia Tech (26-8), 8 a.m.
FRESNO REGIONAL
Regional Semifinals
At Fresno, Calif.
Saturday
St. John’s (24-9) vs. Duke (26-5), 3:04 p.m.
Stanford (33-1) vs. South Carolina (25-9), 5:32 p.m.
RALEIGH REGIONAL
Regional Semifinals
At Raleigh, N.C.
Sunday
Texas A&M (24-10) vs. Maryland (30-4), 6 a.m.
Notre Dame (32-3) vs. St. Bonaventure (31-3), 8:30 a.m.
KINGSTON REGIONAL
Regional Semifinals
At Kingston, R.I.
Sunday
UConn (31-4) vs. Penn State (26-6), 10:34 a.m.
Gonzaga (28-5) vs. Kentucky (27-6), 1 p.m.
WNIT
Third Round
Thursday
Syracuse 82, Temple 68
Virginia 74, Appalachian State 58
Toledo 81, VCU 64
San Diego 60, Texas Tech 51
Oklahoma State 70, Missouri State 57
Colorado 48, Villanova 47
Division II tournament
At San Antonio
Today’s championship
Ashland vs. Shaw, 1 p.m.
Women’s Basketball Invitational
Wednesday
Semifinals
Northern Iowa 68, Seattle 64
Today
Manhttn (18-15) at Minn. (17-17), 2 p.m.
Tennis
Sony Ericsson Open At Key Biscayne, Fla.
Men’s first round
Ryan Harrison, United States, def. Potito Starace, Italy, 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-4.
Igor Kunitsyn, Russia, def. Jesse Levine, United States, 7-6 (8), 7-6 (3).
Albert Ramos, Spain, def. Simone Bolelli, Italy, 6-3, 6-1.
Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, def. Lukasz Kubot, Poland, 6-3, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (2).
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe, Germany, def. Flavio Cipolla, Italy, 6-3, 7-5.
Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, def. Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, 6-1, 6-4.
Sergei Bubka, Ukraine, def. Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, 6-4, 6-4.
Benjamin Becker, Germany, def. Olivier Rochus, Belgium, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2.
Bernard Tomic, Australia, def. Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, 7-6 (4), 6-3.
Bjorn Phau, Germany, def. Carlos Berlocq, Argentina, 6-4, 6-2.
Frank Dancevic, Canada, def. Jeremy Chardy, France, 7-5, 7-6 (0).
David Goffin, Belgium, def. Donald Young, United States, 7-5, 6-4.
Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, def. Alex Bogomolov, Jr., Russia, 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (5).
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, def. Rajeev Ram, United States, 6-4, 7-6 (6).
Lu Yen-Hsun, Taiwan, def. Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, 6-4, 6-3
Women’s first round
Mona Barthel, Germany, def. Jelena Jankovic (13), Serbia, 6-0, 6-3
Sabine Lisiscki (12), Germany, def. Sofia Arvidsson, Sweden, 6-3, 6-2.
Roberta Vinci (21), Italy, def. Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, 7-5, 6-1.
Yanina Wickmayer (23), Belgium, def. Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, 6-3, 6-4.
Chanelle Scheepers, South Africa, def. Anabel Medina Garrigues (25), Spain, 1-6, 6-4, 6-0.
Kim Clijsters, Belgium, def. Julia Georges (14), Germany, 6-2, 7-5.
Serena Williams (10), United States, def. Zhang Shuai, China, 6-2, 6-3.
Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (19), Russia, 6-1, 6-2.
Peng Shuai (17), China, def. Stephanie Foretz Gacon, France, 6-1, 6-2.
Iveta Benesova, Czech Republic, def. Svetlana Kuznetsova (26), Russia, 1-6, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (7).
Samantha Stosur (6), Australia, def. Valeria Savinykh, Russia, 6-4, 6-0.
Maria Sharapova (2), Russia, def. Shahar Peer, Israel, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Sloane Stephens, United States, def. Sara Errani (30), Italy, 3-6, 6-2, 7-5.
Li Na (8), China, def. Melinda Czink, Hungary, 7-5, 6-2.
Petra Cetkovska (29), Czech Republic, def. Christina McHale, United States, 0-6, 7-5, 6-1.
Caroline Wozniacki (4), Denmark, def. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-0.
Soccer
Major League Soccer
Today’s game
Houston at Seattle FC, 4 p.m.
Golf
LPGA Kia Classic
At Carlsbad, Calif.
Yardage: 6,490; Par: 72 (36-36)
First Round
Caroline Hedwall 32-35—67
Ji Young Oh 35-32—67
Yani Tseng 33-34—67
Jennifer Johnson 34-34—68
Brittany Lincicome 33-35—68
Suzann Pettersen 33-35—68
Jiyai Shin 34-34—68
Stephanie Sherlock 33-36—69
Amy Yang 33-36—69
Sun Young Yoo 32-37—69
Jodi Ewart 35-35—70
Seon Hwa Lee 36-34—70
Belen Mozo 35-35—70
Hee Young Park 33-37—70
Also
Ayaka Kaneko 38-37—75 Michelle Wie 39-38—77
Stephanie Kono 39-38—77
PGA Tour: Bay Hill
At Orlando, Fla.
Yardage: 7,419; Par: 72 (36-36)
(a-amateur)
First round
Charlie Wi 34-32—66
Jason Dufner 34-32—66
Nick Watney 35-33—68
Jimmy Walker 36-33—69
Tiger Woods 35-34—69
K.J. Choi 35-34—69
Justin Rose 33-36—69
Anthony Kim 37-32—69
Sean O’Hair 34-35—69
Bubba Watson 33-36—69
Chris Stroud 34-36—70
Bud Cauley 34-36—70
Davis Love III 35-35—70
Brian Davis 35-35—70
Marc Leishman 37-33—70
John Rollins 35-36—71
Ernie Els 35-36—71
Zach Johnson 35-36—71
Chad Campbell 36-35—71
Skip Kendall 36-35—71
Kris Blanks 34-37—71
Ryan Moore 35-36—71
Ian Poulter 35-36—71
Johnson Wagner 36-35—71
Vijay Singh 36-35—71
J.B. Holmes 36-35—71
